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Date:	Wed, 19 Mar 2003 10:05:27 PST8
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: scroll-search command line utility ?

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In <3E77F789.6326@peterskye.com>, on 03/18/03
at 08:52 PM, Peter Skye said:

>I found a January 1995 version of Buerg's list.exe on Hobbes
>(http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/browser/list75h.zip). Is that the
>version you have, or is there a more recent one? The 1995 list

That's the most recent. 1995 is the upload date. The code is circa 1991.

>(listos2.exe) unfortunately doesn't support long filenames. It's a nice
>program for 8.3 partitions.

I forgotten that limitation. As I mentioned, it's at least 3rd on my
list, so I don't really use it that much.

>Who is Vernon Buerg? Both of you seem to know who he is but I've never
>heard of him.

Back in the DOS shareware days his list.com was one of the preferred file
utilities. If you need documentation for listos2, you probably should
fine a copy of list91h.zip.

>I installed less a few months ago
>(http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/file/less-370.zip) but *heavens to
>mergatroid* the documentation is a bit daunting. I mean, the help screen

Well less evolve from more. :-)

>is 10 pages long. And the documentation (*.man) files need a "man
>reader" which I haven't found yet.

You probably mean haven't installed yet. It hard to imagine that you
haven't downloaded several versions. man 1.5g seems to work the best for
me.

>And there's a key binding file
>(apparently a control file which maps keyboard keys to control functions)
>which I haven't reviewed yet. I was sort of hoping for a Pop-Tart and
>this thing is a French Chef Cooking Class.

This is typical for unix. There are always lots of choices. Use what you
need and ignore the rest. Unix is big. Much bigger than OS/2. If you
let yourself get tied up in every little detail, you will get nowhere
fast.

Keep in mind that unix runs on a lot more than just cookie-cutter PC
hardware. There's good reasons why the configuration files exist.

Steven

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